Trump eyes mental institutions as answer to gun violence

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s call for new “mental institutions” to help address gun violence is drawing pushback from many health officials.
Mental health experts say that approach would do little to reduce mass shootings in the United States and incorrectly associates mental illness with violence. In the weeks following the deadly shootings in El Paso and Dayton, the president has been placing more emphasis on the problem of mental illness as a leading caus